RE: Greece - The Coliseum

a couple of weird things happened in this level that look like bugs. im on the pc version. some of these points ive hidden as they are spoliers.

i ended the level before i knew it. i think this is a general point with all levels and stats. i knew i had the artefact to get, but i wandered down a corridor and the level ended. thereafter it wont let you back because it thinks its the next level (as reported by the stats page), collecting the artefact then doesnt count.

interestingly if you load a previous save game (i played the whole level again), the secret is already counted! even if you havent actually got it yet.it appears the game collects the points wrt the player irrespective of save/load.

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in the coliseum, when you first encounter the arena, the gorillas come out. however, if you don't fight them and instead climb out of the arena and continue to pull the lever which opens door down - with more animals, the animals don't fight anymore.

after pulling the lever, i dropped into the arena for a good battle, and the creatures wont fight unless you're really close, they wander like they can't see you. i was able to pick them off easily without much of a fight. this looks like a bug because the first time i played the level i had to fight then in sequence, the second time was because i was just playing again and didnt want to fight the first batch. a bug?

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to follow up on the .50 gun issue, yes i found them here in the coliseum. looks like they left too much ammo prior to this point in the design because normally you don't get more ammo than you can carry given before finding the weapon.

Note that you can replay levels. Say you run out of ammo for the Dual Caliber Pistols. Go back to levels that have the ammo scattered, find the ammo, save the game, and go to your current game. You will have as much ammo as you picked up for the guns.

Walk around the corner. You find two big cages, on the left is a small crate. Stand on the smaller cage in the corner and pull the crate with your grapple. Bring it to the cage with the key, so you can reach it.

Collseum - second grapple point. PS2, NTSC U/C

Playing Anniversary again after a 5 year hiatus. I'm having difficulty with the second grapple point. The one you have to get to after you pick the 50 caliber pistols. I've tried varying the timing of the release of my grapple, but I die every time. Help?